good morning to our viewers in the west. it's monday, october 1st, 2012. welcome to "cbs this morning." a suicide bomber targets nato troops in afghanistan. at least 14 are dead. we'll ask john miller about the dangerous new link between the taliban and al qaeda. as the candidates focus on wednesday's debate, a top republican predicts we'll see a brand-new race on thursday. around schwarzenegger tells "60 minutes" he still wants his family to forgive him. we'll show you part of that interview you didn't see last night. we begin the today's eye opener. your world in 90 seconds. >> breaking news in eastern afghanistan. >> at least three nato troops killed in a suicide plan. >> the attacker ran his motorcycle packed with explos e explosives into a u.s. military

convoy. >> after all these years of war? >> the reason for the nato and american intervention is terrorism. terrorism has not gone away. >> governor romney, he's a good debater. i'm just okay. >> governor romney, president obama gearing up for their first presidential debate on wednesday. >> i don't think one of them is going to make or break this campaign. >> thursday morning we're all going to be scratching our heads and saying, wow, we have a barn burner now for the next 33 days. >> maria asked you, why didn't you tell me? what did you say? >> that i did not know how to. >> the thing that really meant the most to me kind of fell apart because of my doing. i will always look back and say, how could you have done that? >> in japan, the powerful and destructive typhoon capture on tape by an american marine. >> holy [ bleep ]. >> lindsay lohan reportedly recovering from a scuffle with a

man over photos he took of her on his cell phone. >> we're told the deer wasn't injured and the skateboarder is probably still eating some dust. >> no, no! down! >> he just pile drives donald jones. >> touchdown! does his dance. >> and all that matters. >> the european staged an epic comeback to win the ryder cup. >> on "cbs this morning.." >> the genius behind the idea that you play a fictional character on tv who has now real influence. are you surprised by that? >> oprah? could you say the word "genius" again? captioning funded by cbs welcome to "cbs this morning." we awake to yet another deadly attack in afghanistan. the taliban is taking responsibility for the latest attack against nato troops.

at least 14 people including three western troops were killed. >> this morning's attacks come on the heels of a weekend incident that left two americans dead in eastern afghanistan. charlie dagada reports from the capital, kabul. >> reporter: afghan sources tell cbs news a suicide bomber approached a joint patrol between afghan and coalition forces in eastern afghanistan before detonating his explosive vest. a coalition spokesman has confirmed that three nato service members have been killed. they won't release the nationalities pending notification of the next of kin. that's the policy. it is in an area patrolled almost exclusively by u.s. forces. at least ten afghan police and civilians were killed in the attack that the taliban has already claimed responsibility for. this comes after an incident over the weekend where it appears that u.s. soldiers and afghan soldiers got into a fire fight at a check point southwest of kabul. an american soldier and an american civilian were killed in

that attack along with three afghan soldiers. it is still under investigation. but what it underlines is the challenges and difficulties of u.s. soldiers working alongside armed afghan soldiers and police on the battlefield. we joined a team of u.s. soldiers at a check point in a volatile area north of kandahar. and this is a unit that had been involved in a joint operation before it was called off. they're currently in the process of vetting every single member that they're working with. and they say that -- the commanders tell us they have a long checklist that they have to review before they resume these joint operations. the events over the weekend may put some of those operations, these vital operations, on hold. for "cbs this morning," i'm charlie dagada in kabul. as the violence rages in afghanistan the taliban is claiming now to have closer ties with al qaeda. lara logan reported from afghanistan on last night's "60 minutes" and spoke to one

taliban commander under some nerve-racking conditions. >> reporter: one taliban commander agrees to meet with us in the afghan capital. he's a specialist in suicide bombings trained by al qaeda. the safest place we could find was the back of a car. and he would only talk if we concealed his identity. as we made our way through the streets, we had to avoid the city's heavy security and keep our cameras hidden from view. who's behind the insider attacks, what the americans call insider attacks? infiltrating the afghan police and army. is that you? >> translator: these are taliban attacks. this is part of our new military strategy. we have our people in the afghan police and the army. and the orders come from the top. >> reporter: he told us al qaeda fighters are rushing to afghanistan. and that he has more than a dozen of them under his command. he also said they've been the driving force that has made the

taliban more lethal on the battlefield. are you the only commander with al qaeda fighters? >> translator: there are many groups that have them. we can't do this without them. >> reporter: what skills do the al qaeda fighters bring? >> translator: they are masters at everything. for example, making ieds. something we don't know how to do. but they are teaching us. they are also master engineers and good with all weapons. when your weapons break, they are the ones who repair them. we can't do this without them. >> senior correspondent john miller is a former assistant director of national intelligence. good morning. >> good morning. >> why this resurgence? >> you know, there's something ironic here, charlie, which is watch out what you wish for. or the victim of your own success. regions in pakistan have become so dangerous for al qaeda because of the drone strikes and the intelligence ability to locate them and take them out, a lot of al qaeda members, because there is very little command and control left within the

organization, have found their way back to afghanistan and to the taliban who can put them to work. as we just heard from lara logan's taliban interviewee. they're doing that. >> they're bringing skills that they don't have, she suggested. >> that's right. at a much higher level. honed after years of practice. >> john, we've got the attacks over the weekend and again this morning. you know, the white house, john brennan, the head of counterterrorism there at the white house has said as recently as april that al qaeda is a shadow of its former self. morale is low. in the past al qaeda has been decimated in afghanistan. is that true? >> it's all true. one of the problems we have, we want all the lines to be neat. the taliban to be in their box and al qaeda in their box. same thing in benghazi. al sharia. what has happened as the organizations have broken down, because we have decimated them, groups of people who are still following the same narrative

have spread around. and the lines have gotten blurrier, but the narrative hasn't. >> general allen made the point al qaeda in small numbers can do large damage. >> they're not -- they're asymmetrical warriors. they don't come with lots of people. the taliban is much more like an army than al qaeda. al qaeda is on the idea of one plot. it's based on terrorism. it's not based on fighting brigade to brigade. they're very effective the way they work. >> john, you actually knew one of the military contractors who was killed over the weekend, right? >> in the latest incident. that was kevin o'rourke. a hero cop in new york. he worked here at emergency service unit 1 in manhattan. then he trained the scuba divers for the nypd. then he was a sergeant in the emergency squad during 9/11. worked in the rescue efforts. he loved training cops anywhere. which is what he was doing back

in afghanistan as a contractor. >> john miller, thank you. >> reporter: much. now to presidential politics. the first debate is coming up on wednesday. usually both sides try to lower expectations for their candidates. that's what president obama did on sunday. but one of mitt romney's leading supporters had a different view. >> i know folks in the media are speculating already on who's going to have the best zingers, who's going to put the most points on the board. governor romney, he's a good debater. i'm just okay. >> i've seen mitt romney do this before. he's going to come in wednesday night. he's going to lay out his vision for america. he's going to contrast with what his view is with what the president's record is. the president's view for the future. this whole race is going to be turned upsidedown come thursday morning. >> national journalist white house correspondent major garrett is with us. good morning. >> great to be with you. >> what surprise might we expect? what's the strategy for these two going into this debate? >> why did governor christie say what he said? he knows governor romney needs

an audience. if you look at the national polling data, abc/"washington post" has a poll out this morning. two-thirds of the country already believes president obama's going to win. he's going to win the debates. they're not going to tune in if they don't think there's something exciting going on or likely to go on. governor christie said, yes, tune in. we're going to change this race. if it isn't changed by thursday this debate doesn't fundament fundamentally alter the underlying tone of the race, it's going to slip away. >> does it create rising expectations? >> of course it does. on the other hand the president has been systematically lowering expectations. david axelrod started talking to me, the president's really out of practice. it's been so long since he's been on a podium like this. they are systematically trying to say if romney scores, it doesn't matter. it will matter. that's what we'll tune in for. >> mitt romney, know know we kn

high negativenegatives. perhaps a likeability problem. >> zingers and one liners in presidential debates resonate because they fit within a larger narrative. i'll tell you now the two campaigns understand this about the narrative. the obama campaign has been better at framing it around mitt romney than mitt romney has been framing it around the president. the obama campaign believes even if there are devastating or memorable zingers, if they don't fit within the narrative which they believe they control, it won't last and alter the underlying dynamics of this race. the romney campaign fears that might be true but wants to try its very best to alter that narrative. >> what about president obama? will we see the competitive president obama that privately people say really dislikes mitt romney? or will we see the cool, constitutional law professor. >> both. because to win, because he's competitive, he needs to be cool. he knows that. that's the one overriding concern presented to him by his advisers. don't freak out. don't get anxious. don't get publicly visibly

irritable. >> a lot of people support mitt romney over the weekend on the sunday talk shows were saying he has to be very aggressive. he really has to take it to the president. >> well, what happens in presidential debates is you have two fundamental goals as the candidate. drive your message and knock your opponent off his. and so to knock the president off his message the romney campaign knows governor romney has to be unrelenting. >> romney has an op-ed talking about his view on foreign policy. there seems to be some question within the romney camp as to whether they should even be talking about foreign policy. >> this has been an ongoing debate since the libya crisis. and in the immediate hours after that when governor romney stepped into this, his advisers said we're going to begin to prosecute this larger. if you look at that op-ed, it's not just about foreign policy. it's about american trajectory in the early part of the 21st century. governor romney brings that to the table, foreign policy, economic policy, a recovery that

barely lly deserves the name. >> the force of gravity argument. the obama campaign, the president is doing better than you would expect. because of the economic -- >> every bit of historical data would tell us to expect. absolutely. >> why is that? >> we at national journal have a cover story, ask not the tactical question, who's got the better tactics. if there's something happening to the american psyche about expectations for economic growth and expectations of anyone in the political class to change their life for the better. we've concluded based on a lot of interviews we've diminished our expectation. not only about washington, but what the economy feels like and looks like. the country is numbed and traumatized by recent economic events. oddly enough that core underlying hopelessness is benefiting the candidate who brought a campaign message of hope four years ago. >> many people think the president could not do that much about it to influence the economy? >> the president, the congress and they're not really sure any idea right now is the one or the set of one ideas to transform

our economy from a low lying recovery to something that's better and more productive in a globalized very competitive economy. >> major garrett. he's brilliant, right? >> yes. >> thank you very much. last night's "60 minutes" also showed us lesley stahl's revealing interview with arnold schwarzenegger. how he describes the way his wife, maria shriver confronted him about his affair with the family housekeeper and the child they had together. >> maria wants to have a meeting with your marriage counselor. tell us about that meeting. >> that particular visit that you talk about was the visit where she then said, hey, i think that joseph is your kid. and am i off here on this or not? and i said you're absolutely correct. and i had to face up to that, which i have been kind of hiding but no one knew about.

and that i knew about at that point maybe for five, six years or so. >> you just said, you're absolutely right? >> you're absolutely right, and i'm sorry. it was very painful for her. she was very disappointed. >> maria asked you, why didn't you tell me? what did you say? >> that i did not know how to. >> you didn't know how to tell her? >> how to tell her without worrying about, you know, that it would get out or whatever. >> and that she'd leave you while you were still governor. >> i don't think that that was as much an issue as just how do i keep this, you know, under wraps. >> tell us how it happened. this is a woman that worked in your house. >> exactly. and i found out about it kind of seven years in or eight years in. >> wait, wait, wait.

you -- you have this relationship. nine months later she's -- has a baby. didn't you say, oh, my god, my baby? >> no, no. >> you never -- you never -- it never crossed your mind? >> no. she was with a man. so no. >> schwarzenegger gave that "60 minutes" interview just before releasing his new memoir "total recall." the publisher simon and schuster is owned by cbs. we'll talk with lesley stahl in our next half hour. we're going to have portions of that interview that you did not hear last night. time to show you some of the this morning's headlines from around the globe. "new york times" reports payroll tax increase is likely in the cards for next year. a temporary tax holiday ends january 1st. according to the times there's little desire by republicans or democrats to extend it. some 160 million americans will probably see their taxes jump by about $1,000. britain's guardian reports a russian court has put off today's appeal by a russian punk band. three members of this group were sentenced to two years in prison

for performing a song in a cathedral criticizing russian president vladimir putin. the case is now scheduled to be heard next week. the los angeles times says governor jerry brown signed a new law sunday allowing hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants to have

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a junior hockey player in new jersey, the star of a viral video. he scored in a recent game and crashed through the glass during a celebration. the player is said to be just fine. good thing. welcome to cbs "this morning." we saw a piece of last night's "60 minutes" interview with arnold schwarzenegger. we'll show you more of that interview you didn't see last night. >> in this part of the conversation, lesley stahl asks schwarzenegger about his current relationship with his estranged wife maria shriver and their children. >> i apologized many times to her. >> did she ever forgive you. >> i asked for forgiveness and i hope that down the line she will be able to forgive me for that. >> you write in the book that you still love her.

are you trying to get her back? >> i've always loved her and from the first moment when i met her, and she's been an extraordinary woman. she has been an extraordinary wife. friend. lover. everything. and so she does not -- she did not deserve that. that i can tell you. and that's why i felt terrible about the whole thing. >> but do you want to go back? do you want the marriage back or is it over? where does that stand in >> right now we're in divorce. >> that's happening. >> that's happening, yeah. >> have your children forgiven you? >> i cannot tell you but i hope they will and, you know, as time goes on, i hope that everyone will forgave me for that. >> weren't they angry at you? >> i think each one reacted so

differently. the girls were upset. the boys were disappointed. but tried to be, you know -- >> there's a half brother. >> ah-ha. do they have a relationship with him now? >> i don't want to go into those details because, like i said, to me i want to make sure i don't cause them more pain. >> you wrote that if you told her that she would tell her family and you be afraid that it would spin out from there. >> that's right. which is exactly what happened. >> is that how it got out? >> i'm just saying. it was quickly how things go out. >> let me give the impression i had reading the book. was the marriage over anyway? >> no. >> was the marriage in trouble? >> it was really a lot of strain

on the marriage. being in sacramento and spending that much time and doing the people's work and i've heard so many times and maria warned me at the beginning that a lot of relationships, when you're a politician, have a tendency of falling apart or getting hit. because of having to spend so much time on your work and i saw it all of a sudden happening that i got so engrossed in the work and i got so kind of fanatic about it to solving the problems that many times we had budget discussions to midnight, to 6:00 in the morning and there was a vote and all this stuff coming up, initiatives were coming up, i had to be out campaigning and raising money and there was such a big commitment and i had to follow through. all of a sudden i had a scene which i describe also in the book where i came home and one

of my kids started crying and saying daddy you didn't come to my recital. then the next kid said daddy you didn't come to my football game. then my daughter said dad you didn't come to my dance and you're never around. all of a sudden all the kids were crying and maria was saying go ahead, just express yourself kids i think daddy needs to hear that. >> the former california governor's memoir total recall goes on sale today. it's published busy monday and shuster, a division of cbs. lesley stahl is here this morning. good morning. did maria did not see the book, did not know it was coming? >> right. what i didn't know until very recently is that she actually asked to see the book and arnold said no. as you heard him in this clip he was always afraid that if he told her she would tell her brothers or family and it would leak out. >> it did. >> well, in this case, no. >> he said that i thought.

>> he said that. i don't know why he didn't give her the book, but i know that she feels blind sided. that's a quote by somebody in the family. she feels blind sided that book came out or leaked out and she hadn't read it. >> why didn't she want to talk to you? >> i tried. >> i know you did. >> well, i can't speak for her. i don't like being in the position of having to either pass moral judgments on anybody. or to say something i don't know for sure. >> do we believe that he tried? is this part of the conversation, hard enough, tried hard enough to save the marriage after the affair became clear? >> that's a good question. you know, the marriage didn't break right way. there were about three months. i have no idea what happened in those three months at all. he told us and says in the book over and over he wants the

marriage to stay together. but according to him and everything else we've heard it's broken. >> lesley, through your interview we learned so much and it was how much arnold schwarzenegger kept secrets from ma ray, from his wife, not just the affair but there were other things too, right? >> he was going to have open heart surgery. he did have open heart surgery and his plan was not to tell his wife. even i said to him, that's bizarre. imagine, imagine any kind -- and then when he was going run for governor he didn't tell her until the last minute. >> why is that? what did you say about this conduct about not telling his wife. >> he was afraid it would leak out and he wanted to have his plan secret. i don't know of a marriage like that. it's very unusual. >> he also admitted having more affairs, right? >> he did. he writes in the book about an affair -- this is before they were actually married but they

were very much together, and he admits to an affair with one of his co-stars in a movie. and he says that maria knew. >> this is bridgett nielsen. >> yes. and she followed him back to los angeles. he writes in the book it's a whole part of the book and puts it out there and says -- well maria must have found out. >> interesting about him at the recent clinton global initiative there were some people he had one of his own kind of groups like that, that he's focusing on in california with young people coming to talk about something like a schwarzenegger initiative, looking to his future. >> he's starting a schwarzenegger institute at the university of southern california. you know, i wish i could have gotten everything into our stare but we filmed it. they are going to talk about local governments starts initiatives since the federal government is ingrid lock. >> what's arnold's future and

maria's future. they have independent courses clearly now. >> arnold signed up to do five movies. i think that they are going to wait and see if people go and see them to see if he can restart his movie career. he has a lot of causes. he does after school programs, things like that. >> she has a lot of media offers if she wants to resume that job. >> she can write a book if she wanted to. >> yes. thank you very much. and the ryder cup coming up. >> sunday's final day might have been the most thrilling and unexpected everyday, david feherty will show us what went wrong for the americans. >> tomorrow caroline on cbs "this morning". when it comes to getting my family to eat breakfast,

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and with that putt some of us cried at home. but they completed the greatest come back in european history. the european team wiped out a four-point deficit on sunday beating the u.s. team. >> it was a stunning collapse for the american squad. three of the 12 players won their matches on sunday. david feherty watched it all at the medinah country club outside of chicago. first of all, just the ryder cup. you see that enthusiasm. it's a greet event. sort of, back in that environment, if you like.

it gets the crowd into it like no other event in golf can do. >> what happened? >> well, ian poulter started a recovery -- >> on saturday. >> on saturday by birdieing the last five holes and last two matches for the europeansing looked like they were going to go the wrong way, in which case, you know, it was over. and it was over anyway at 10-4. because of the momentum that they came in with, you know, i said that evening, you know, they feel like they are tied 6-10. at that point i don't think a european team or any team had gone into, you know, the locker room that evening four matches behind and felt so good about themselves. >> an poulter five birdies in a row. what about tiger's performance? >> tiger didn't play well the first morning. but to be honest with you, really played fairly well, you know, from then on.

just ran into a buzz saw with, you know, he and his partner, played extremely well in the singles match but was beaten by molinari. there was one great moment when the crowd was singing ♪ there's only one colsaerts >> were you rooting for the europeans? >> i was obviously torn having been a european ryder cup player, i was born there. but i've been in this country for 19 years. it means the world to me. it means everything to me. no. i'm an american. i'm an american fan. i support every american team in what they do. i was twittered to death. i don't care. all of my former teammates and they were fine with it. they understood.

they were fine. you know, it's not an issue. i'm just an american and proud of it. >> why have europeans been winning the ryder cup recently? >> my generation grew up, my heroes were pen like bryan

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♪ it's 8:00 a.m., welcome back to "cbs this morning." arnold schwarzenegger tells "60 minutes" what he didn't like about a famous movie line and what he did like about maria shriver when they first met. meanwhile, her cousin is running for congress. we'll catch up with joseph kenne kennedy,iii. first here is a look at what's been happening in the world and what we've been covering on "cbs this morning." >> afghan sources tell cbs news a suicide bomber approached a joint patrol before detonating his explosive vest. >> at least 14 people including three western troops were killed. >> the taliban is claiming now to have closer ties with al qaeda. >> a lot of al qaeda members, because there is very little

command and control left within the organization, have found their way back to afghanistan and to the taliban who can put them to work. now to presidential politics, and the first debate is coming up on wednesday. >> the president has been lowering expectations. even if there are devastating or memorable zingers, if they don't fit within the narrative they believe they can control, it won't last and undermine the dynamics of this race. you didn't know how to tell her. >> i didn't know how to tell her without worrying it would get out or whatever. >> we learned so much. a lot of it was how much arnold schwarzenegger kept secret. >> he did have open heart surgery and his plan was not to tell his wife. even i said to him that, is bizarre. >> no! no! >> this bear didn't know who he was dealing with. >> almost like a child naivete to it when nothing else matters except to say nana nah nah

boo-boo. >> i'm listening in the control room. they say our time is up. i'm charlie rose with gayle king and norah o'donnell. arnold schwarzenegger's new memoir is coming out today. last night he opened up to lesley stahl on "60 minutes" about his troubled marriage to maria shriver. this morning we'll have more of that interview including the story when they met which didn't air last night. >> august 1977 you meet a young woman named maria shriver at a tennis tournament. was it love at first sight? >> i was fascinated by her, i would say, because she had an extraordinary look. she had the dark hair that i always loved in women. she had this big smile. she had the most extraordinary personality, laughing all the time. full of joy, full of energy and all that.

i definitely said to myself, you know, i don't remember ever having met someone like that that had this kind of package of being smart and quick and everything else. >> you tell a story about meeting her mother at this event. do you remember what you said to her about maria? >> yeah. something stupid, obviously. i think that she had a grace ass. >> that's what you said to her mother? >> i had a little too much to drink i guess. i had good california wine. >> is that for real? did i just hear that? wow. >> to her mother. >> to her mother. they mouth is sort of open, too. >> also in that interview schwarzenegger said he fought with terminator director james cameron over the line "i'll be back." >> in the book you say you had a big argument, you didn't want to deliver the line that way. you wanted to change the line. >> i always had difficults with

the short thing, i'll be back, will be back. i always felt kind of weird about the l. only because i didn't grow up here. >> you wanted i will be back. >> i'm thinking maybe i should say i will be back. jim cameron said, you see, arnold, i don't tell you how to act, never, because you're terrific. that's why you're playing the terminator. don't tell me how to write the script. i wrote "i'll be back." so don't rewrite it, please. >> you write in the book, i thought it was feminine. >> it sounded to me off and it sounded weak and feminine and i fought him tooth and nail and he won the argument. luckily he won the argument because -- i didn't even know

that this was an important line or that it would be something that people will remember and will repeat. only when the movie came out and i was in new york and i walked down i remember fifth avenue and these kids came up to me and said, can you say the line? i said what line. they said, i'll be back. i said i'll be back. they said no, the way you say it in the movie. they say say it the way you say it in the movie. i said, i'll be back! >> yeah,ly be back would not have had the same effect. >> no. i'm listening to the line. i'm still thinking about the comments about maria. i just think someone who knows maria, what is she supposed to do with this information today? i watch the interview and hear the things she's saying. it's so hard to take in, because i think it's such a painful, painful time for the family. when i see the laughing and joking, it's very difficult for me to watch it. >> i think it's interesting that maria asked to see the book. >> several times. >> and was not given the

opportunity to see the book by her husband and the father of her children to gets a heads up. >> it's his story. i get it. it affects many, many people. i wonder about the timing. when is the right time, if ever, to tell the details. anyway, this morning and president obama and mitt romney are focusing on the first of three defb bates that will focus on political issues. a poll shows romney has a 4% advantage with independent voters while a "washington post"-abc news poll shows most registered voters expects president obama will win the debate. passengers on an american airlines jet had a rough ride over the weekend. a boston to miami flight was diverted after a row of seats became unbolted from the floor. witnesses say the seats were sliding around like a carnival ride. there was a concern the seats could have gone airborne within the cabin.

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for the first time since world war ii there are no kennedys in congress. but one of them is trying very hard to get there.

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knedy the kennedy clan has long been considered america's most famous political family. right now there are no kennedys holding any political office in washington. >> a member of the next generation is trying to revive the family tradition. chip reid is in needham, massachusetts with the story. >> reporter: good morning, norah and charlie. it was 1946 when john f. kennedy was first elected to the u.s. house of the representatives. for the next 63 years there was always at least one kennedy in the u.s. congress. two years ago that streak ended. now here in the boston suburbs, another young kennedy is running for congress hoping to put the family dynasty back on the national stage. >> hi, how are you. >> good luck on this campaign. >> thank you very much, ma'am.

>> reporter: there are certain advantages to running for congress as a kennedy in massachusetts. >> oh, my god. joe kennedy is on my front doorstep. hi! >> reporter: especially when you look so much like a kennedy -- >> how are you? >> reporter: -- and your fiancee has the natural elegance of the kennedy women. joseph kennedy, iii is the grandson of robert f. kennedy. he carries the name of the famous family patriarch, his great grandfather joe. >> we need you. we need a kennedy back in office. >> reporter: back in office is one thing. many of his fans believe a seat in the house is little more than a stepping stone. >> every day over the course of the campaign trail -- >> reporter: one admirer walked right into our interview to say this kennedy is going places. >> you'll be senator kennedy. >> reporter: adding the the burden of high expectations, some here just assume he'll

follow in the footsteps of jfk. >> unbelievable as it may sound. >> the future president. >> how are you doing? nice to meet you. >> reporter: we've heard some of your constituents out here are already saying he's going to be president some day. >> you know, i'm grateful for their support and their enthusiasm. i've not won -- i've won one primary. >> reporter: his republican ap point says kennedy is simply running on the family name and his two years in the peace corps and three years as a prosecutor hardly qualify him to run for congress. >> i don't think in any other state in any other district in the country people would consider you qualified for this office other than the fame that comes with your family and the money that comes with it, you don't have the background. >> reporter: kennedy says he'll win or lose as a candidate, not a name. >> what we've been doing from the beginning of this campaign send getting out there and letting people know i'm the one

running and i have to earn their trust. >> reporter: being a kennedy has its downsides, like the fact that his 18-year-old cousin conor kennedy is dating recording superstar taylor swift. >> are you a fan of taylor swift now? >> taylor is a remarkable young woman and i think she and my cousin are doing well. >> reporter: a political analyst here in massachusetts says kennedy is favored to win. certainly the name does help. it also helps that this district has been represented by liberal democrat barney frank for 32 years. charlie, norah and gayle? >> is running for office something he's always wanted to do? >> reporter: i asked him that exact question. he said the answer is no. in fact, his career path has been zigzaggy. he majored in engineering, then went into the peace corps, he wanted to do economic development. went to law school at harvard and decided to become a

prosecutor. only now as he's about to turn 32 does he say he's ready to join the family business. >> why did he decide to do it after all those other things? >> reporter: he says if you're going to get into politics especially as a kennedy, you have to be absolutely certain it's what you want to do. if you're kind of faking it, people will pick up on it immediately and will vote against you. he said only now is he absolutely certain. it helps that a seat opened up and that he's a kennedy. >> i like the sound of the train, chip. >> that adds to the ambiance. how involved is the family, chip? >> reporter: this is very much a family campaign as all kennedy campaigns are. his twin brother matt has been out there, he has cousins out there. his father joe, the former congressman and ethel kennedy, his grandmother has been out there, too. >> chip, thank you. tomorrow we'll hear from the candidate's cousin, that would be caroline kennedy. her father's secret oval office

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this is a cbs 5 eyewitness news morning update. >> good morning, everyone. 8:25 is your time. let's take a look at the top stories. the search continues for two missing fisherman. they were on a 23 foot boat that capsized yesterday. a little south of half-moon bay. two others were able to swim ashore. coast guard and sheriff's deputies are looking for the two others right now. in about an hour, a trial scheduled for a woman accused of killing a nursing student. charged with murdering 26-year-old michelle lei. she disappeared last year. her body was found four months later. juan goh will appear in a pretrial hearing accused of

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good morning. gefb yourself a lot of extra time towards the bay bridge. it is stacked up. another fender bender approaching the gates. lanes may still be blocked approaching the toll plaza. jammed up

towards the m cart hur maze. from the bridge down towards emmryville. that drive time is nearly an hour. very stop and go through richmond and berkeley. let's get a quick look at the south bay where 101 heading into san jose and 280 through downtown, both really jammed up. that is traffic, for your forecast, here's laurance. >> not going to see days like this until next year. already beginning to warmup outside. many places now into the 60s. 63 in livermore. this afternoon, sunshine to the coastline. 70s out at the beaches. 80s, a few 90s around the bay. and triple digits in the valleys. next couple days low cooling. and more cooling in wednesday and thursday. cloudy and cooler for the weekend.

welcome back to cbs "this morning." we've been following breaking news out of afghanistan this morning and we should note many of the 2,000 plus american soldiers who have died in afghanistan were killed by the taliban. earlier we showed you part of lara logan's interview with a taliban commander that aired on "60 minutes" last night. lara told "60 minutes" overtime how that conversation came about. lara i want to talk to you about a moment in your story this week on afghanistan when a taliban commander, our enemy, gets into your car and sits next to you. how did you and your producers get that interview? >> it took a long time. it took months of negotiations. you don't just walk in and say i want to do this.

>> was that nerve-racking? >> it was nerve-racking. it's not a game. this guy is trained by al qaeda and a specialist in suicide bombing. i don't know if he means what he says when he agrees to talk to us. i don't know if he's made some arrangement with somebody to car jack our car and hand me over to al qaeda. when you really don't know. >> this wasn't the first time that you met this commander, right? >> no. the last time i met him was in 2006 when he was a fighter and not a commander. >> do you remember me? yeah? >> i remember you. >> he didn't miss the opportunity to remind me that he saved my life in 2006. conversation was. point of that i got the message loud and clear. he was right. de. we had traveled to an area just south of the afghan capital to meet with these taliban commanders and fighters, and when we left in the middle of the night, in the dark, you

know, it was dark, pitch dark, and we sudden lly found ourselv completely lost in a mine field no idea which way to turn, we had driven over one of their mines and we were lucky enough we didn't detonate it and he put his foot on-the-spot on where the mine was actually laying. he knew exactly where it was. we had to then maneuver around it. >> he put it in the ground. >> that's one of the first things he said to me i'm the one that my foot on the mine. >> watch the truck behind him. >> where are you? >> in kabul. >> big truck behind richard. that truck stayed with us from the traffic and the driver and the passenger both looked at me. >> and you're basically just driving in circles trying to avoid police? >> yes. trying to avoid police, trying to get through check points. a number of times you have to

stop and your heart is in your mouth. >> th >> did you pull the camera down and cover it? >> yes. and i had a scarf on. so i would look down and not make eye contact. >> i noticed times you were pulling your sleeves. >> i realized when i got t in the car with the guy that my shirt had three quarter sleeves. these people don't believe that women should show their faces in public. and then he looks out the window and he sees two afghan women. they have head covers on and long flowing robes but they don't have the traditional afghan birkah. and he's just a different person

instantly in that one moment. >> he is disgusted? >> he is angry. he is disgusted. he's offended. it comes from deep within him. and i'm going to have to pay for these sins. and you. i'm going to pay for my sins. >> what do you think he was up to? >> he struck me as someone who i wouldn't say they wanted to be understood. you don't want that history to be written too early by the other side. >> i thought it was interesting that he told you his goal was to

destroy america. >> it's difficult to talk to someone like that involved in killing americans. there is a conflict. there are some people who will say how could they do that? how could they give a voice to these guys. we are there for very serious reasons. we're trying to understand what this war has done. trying to understand things that are relevant to the national security of the united states. that determine my future, my children's future. and we take these children's responsibility very, very seriously. we don't do this lightly. you don't do it lightly. it's not for tv. >> i felt nervous watching for her. you have to put your life in your hands. >> that is a good point. the the seriousness of the report. more fully understand what's

going on in afghanistan. and as reported in that piece last night. what the green on blue attacks are all about that are killing our american soldiers and other they to troops that are there. >> and especially how the tal ban is being helped by kwid. a first-hand conversation about what it means to them allows them to kill americans whether it's mines or what else. >> there is more from the interview on 60minutesovertime.com. that is the original online program. >> and real women drink beer. that is one of the newest songs from one of the,,,,,,,,,,,, happiness located?

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♪ that is country music star jerrod neimann. we're jamming out here. his new hit is called "shinin' on me." >> jerrod likes jamming. his first major album debuted at the top of the billboard country music chart. he's releasing his new album tomorrow. jerrod neimann is here in studio 57. hello. >> this is awesome. getting to hang out with you. >> we were making jokes about the titles of your songs," i love women that my mama can't stand." it makes me wonder what kind of women your hanging out with? >> you live and learn. you've been doing this for a long time. >> i was 8 years old. it was very, very groundbreaking.

it was called, about my sister, called "amy's butt looks like a hat." great piece of art. >> having young children myself it shocks me that word would end up in a song. >> my parents were nice enough to take all my different lyrics and dated them and i got to read a lot of the torturous things i've done. >> your songs are great. great to sing along with. great to listen to. we had a couple of them queued up irthe studio. where did you grow up? >> i grew up in the great state of kansas in southwest kansas, about a mile from oklahoma. whenever you love music -- i heard a quote one time. we don't choose music, music chooses us. so true. when you live in a small rural community obviously i love all types of music but country music spoke to me and had the

influence for my parents. >> your parents have a skating rink. how does being at a skating rink motivate you or inspire you to be in country music because we've all been skating. >> i never got into figure skating. mostly speed skating. that sort of deal. you can't tell me you can't speed skate to "elv ira." great way to associate music with fun. i remember hearing "walk this way" clear to the oak ridge boys. fun to be around the music. >> grew up in a rollerskating rink. my parents didn't own one. that's pretty cool. you between college and majored in music? >> there's a place called southland college and you can major in commercial music. if you want to listen to something on the radio you can major in anything. >> what did you learn in school? >> the first thing i learned was that i wasn't very good.

when you're in a small town maybe you're the only person that sings and plays guitar everybody thinks you're good. but when you go to college, you realize you have a lot of work to do. i remember playing my first song i had written not "amy's butt looks like a hat, my first song for my instructor he said i bet that's your mom' favorite song. i said how now. he said because it's horrible. only your mom could like that. you learn the fundamentals of song writing. to you it doesn't make sense. obviously with art and music there's no rules but commercially you got to stick to it zmup what i liked about your music you have horns in the country music. i have so say i don't recall ever hearing horns in country music songs. i want adds such a different note to the music. >> well thank you. >> i like that. >> when i dedicated my life to

country music it goes back to the '20s. tones and texture tuesday like horns have been in country my sick. johnny cash," ring of fire," everybody has at some point had a horn. i thought it would be found educate country music fans not realize horns have been around. >> jerrod you have toured with miranda lambert. >> miranda, a blast. we spent six months on the road with her. my buddy chris young. the year before -- >> what's she like? >> it answer as lot of questions. after hanging out with her for six years and blake shelton, they are a match made in heaven. and just a blast. you know when you see miranda, she's a tough girl. she's her own security. but behind at all the guns,

knives and use worcuss words th sweet person. >> you learned what to do on stage in. >> you learn certain fundamentals and blake definitely isn't scared to crack up. >> he likes to have fun. congratulations. congratulations. continued success. jerrod neimann. >> thank you. >> his new album is called "free the music" and goes on sale tomorrow. michael urie has a new sitcom. celebrate as life long friendship tested by marriage. michael is in a good mood. i like it. he'll tell us about "partners" when cbs "this morning" continues. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,

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dinner didn't you? >> no, i did not. >> what is wrong with you? >> of course i talked to her, joe. you think she just turned into ann romney aren't you? >> it's the best sex and worst chicken i have ever had in my life. >> then why are you mad at me? >> michael co-stars in partners. his best friend and business partner just got engaged. >> you may remember michael as mark st. james on ugly betty.

>> the show is about a straight guy and gay >> now they are business partners and they are have their own significant others. so my character is boyfriends with brandon ralph. >> who played superman. >> and he has huge legs. i mean muscle. and his arms are like legs. >> that's a good thing in a way. >> charlie has legs like that. >> charlie has very nice legs and. >> and david plays the straight one and his fiance. it's about partners and

partners. >> and it's based on a true story? >> that's right. the creators also created "will and grace." it's loosely based on their story. i'm max. so i'm playing him in a way. i'm playing a version of him. and they have an amazing relationship. very funny. they love each other. they bicker. their families are very, very close. it's great to see that on the show. >> you think friendship between men and men are different between friendships between women and women? >> good one. >> he is charlie rose. >> i thought i was watching tv for a second. you know, i think -- >> i think -- men and men, the distance that men keep from other men where as women they go to the restrooms together. they try on clothes together. men often have that buffer

between them on the couch or at the movies they will have a seat between them. this is an interesting relationship between a gay man and straight man who have never had boundaries. >> i have never seen that dynamic on tv. >> i haven't either. it is, in many ways, like will and grace showed the country and the world the relationship between a gay man and a woman. this show will have the opportunity to take the next step. since will and grace, a lot has happened. all kinds of characters on tv. modern family, glee, the new normal and partners. in the meantime, the president has come out. >> yes. >> what? >> come out in favor of same-sex marriage. now the final frontier can be the relationship between the straight guy and the gay guy. >> and max is larger than life.

a huge personality. is it hard to play max? i would think it would be so much fun. >> it's a treat. i know max's laugh very well now. it's a real treat to do something that is in any instinct and hear him giggle at it knowing that somehow i have channelled him or it's something that he didn't realize he did. i observe him a lot. and he -- as you say, he's larger than life. when he walks into a room, everyone knows it. that's a real treat. >> they are engaged. they're in the control room and you hear them talking? >> right off camera. >> they are standing in front of the audience. >> so you get instant reaction from the audience? >> and i come from the theater. the audience aspect of this show is really great and exciting. they are like another character in the show. >> how is it done with live audiences? >> cbs still has quite a few.

we're on with two broke girls and mike and molly and big bang theory. >> actors love that? >> it's the best. >> yeah. >> we hope it's a success. >> you may say that. >> it's on cbs. >> you may and so do i. we're having the best time. >> congrats to you guys. >> you can see "partners" tonight at 8:30, 7:30 central. your local news is next. we will see you tomorrow on cbs this morning. on cbs "this morning". ,,,,,,

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this is a cbs 5 eyewitness news morning update. >> good morning, everyone. 8:55 your time. i'm frank. this morning the coast coast guard is using a c 130 plane to search for two missing fisherman. set off from san francisco yesterday. the boat capsized. you see it here. two others on that 23 foot boat were able to swim to shore. plastic bag ban starting today will no longer be the grocery stores requiring shoppers to bring their own bags or pay for one. unless customers have a bag they will be charged 10 cents. it will be a lot easier to find a seat on cal trains this morning.

cal train will bring back four discontinued train. they've added a number of trains. this is a gorgeous day and more on that here's laurance. >> big changes towards the end of the speak. weather all the way to the coastline. it's going to be hot in spots. no getting around that. the peak of the heat today and the ridge will start to breakdown. start to move a little closer and that will help to bring down the temperatures. today, no records but it will be hot enough. 100 in fairfield. 93 in san jose. next couple days, those temperatures start to cool off. partly cloudy, much cooler next weekend. time safer traffic coming up next. ,,,,,,,,,,

good morning. let's start off once again with a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. i wish you could tell you it's easing up. still jammed up. a couple different fender benders. that's not helping. as you can see in the northbound lanes, stop and go right now from the coliseum up towards the downtown oakland exits. san jose not much better. rely backed -- really backed up downtown. have a great day. ,,,,,,,,